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Will Your Baby Share A Birthday With Royalty? The Royal Baby Has Arrived!

Are you due today, or do you feel it's about to happen? Well your new arrival could share their birthday with a member of the Royal Family: His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge!

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (otherwise known as Prince William and Kate Middleton) welcomed their third child to the world on Monday 23rd at St Mary's Hospital, in London. The little boy was delivered at 11.01am weighing 8lb 7oz.

The new arrival will be fifth in line to the throne, knocking Prince Harry down another place, and the Queen's sixth great-grandchild. His siblings are Prince George, who is four, and two-year-old Princess Charlotte.

Once again, Catherine suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which is a very severe form of morning sickness, which affects about one in every 200 pregnancies. Nonetheless she managed to make a number of very stylish public appearances during her third pregnancy: Something which you should not feel under any pressure to do yourselves! We hope after the photo call she changed swiftly into slippers and cosy clothes.

The Prince's name has now been announced as Louis Arthur Charles. According to an official statement by Kensington Palace, “The baby will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge.”

Favourites at the bookmakers before the announcement included Arthur, Albert, Frederick, James or Philip; or Mary, Alice, Alexandra, Elizabeth or Victoria if it was a girl. Are you thinking of naming your baby Louis? If you’re looking for just the right name for your new baby, check out 45 Majestic Baby Names That Are Fit For Royalty.

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